Connecticut Red Hen Receives Wrath of Sanders' Defenders

A Connecticut restaurant called the Red Hen received "threatening" messages from people confused with an identically named Virginia eatery that refused White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders service.

The Old Saybrook restaurant has received dozens of angry phone messages and negative reviews from people across the country since Saturday, reported The Day. Callers ignored owner Shelley Deproto when she explained her restaurant isn't affiliated with the Virginia restaurant.

The owner of the Red Hen in Lexington, Virginia, asked Sanders to leave the restaurant Friday , citing the concerns of employees who are gay and know Sanders had defended Trump's desire to bar transgender people from serving in the military.

Fake reviews caused Deproto's restaurant's Yelp rating to plunge from 4.5 out of 5 to a 2. Users claimed the restaurant was "non-American" and sold old meat. Yelp agreed to remove some of the posts, according to Deproto.

Users even made fake reservations on the application Seat Me. The backlog prevented real patrons from making reservations.